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or the postponing of the election and the problems surrounding the election and the imf loan are related. hasof the arguments that been made by the fund is that they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement that does not have broad-based consensus. meaning it is not approved by a legitimately elected parliament. until that transpires, they are not going to, you know, give that package. there is much more going on than that and so on. that is certainly one aspect of it. the other aspect -- and this is maybe something to think about on the external role -- it is not the case and has not in the case in the past that the international community would allow egypt to fail. i do not think that will happen. that has not happened in the past years when egypt-based significant crises at the end of the 1980's. they could not pay off loans in the international community came to the rescue. agreementsn talks of and so on. there is a big picture of the global recession of the last years. for good or for bad, the money will come and the economic cliff will be averted. that is because of the strategi
or the postponing of the election and the problems surrounding the election and the imf loan are related. hasof the arguments that been made by the fund is that they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement that does not have broad-based consensus. meaning it is not approved by a legitimately elected parliament. until that transpires, they are not going to, you know, give that package. there is much more going on than that and so on. that is certainly one aspect of it. the other aspect --...
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it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the places where we will be most judged on our actions will be syria and iraq. in syria, we need to stake out a strategy, we need to put resources behind it, we need to put a coalition behind it. it is damaging this idea that the united states is passive when people see syria as the most urgent and immediate national security priority for the united states and our allies. when it comes to iran, we need to reconcile the conflicting messages were sent on iran. we say the military option is on the table. we will not hesitate. then we take an aircraft carrier of the
it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the...
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the election and the problems surrounding the election and the i.m.f. loan are related. at least one of the arguments that has been made by the fund and i don't think is the only argument, they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or have egypt commit to an agreement or morsi commit to a agreement that does not have a broad based. until that transpires they are not going to, you know, give the $4.8 billion. there is more going on than that. but that is certainly one aspect of it. the other aspect of this is -- this is maybe for many of you to think about what the external role it should be. it is not the case and it has not been in the past that the international community and regional players will allow egypt to fail. it has not happened in the last 30, 40 years when egypt faced economic crisis at the end of the 1980's. they were also running out of foreign reserves and the international and the paris club came to the rescue. i think it is not going to be a situation. we've seen a talk about it and so on. the amounts of money we're talk about ar
the election and the problems surrounding the election and the i.m.f. loan are related. at least one of the arguments that has been made by the fund and i don't think is the only argument, they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or have egypt commit to an agreement or morsi commit to a agreement that does not have a broad based. until that transpires they are not going to, you know, give the $4.8 billion. there is more going on than that. but that is certainly one aspect of it. the...
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--s was a bout electing about electing a constitution. one would think something as important as that would have required much more broad-based support than a measly 60 something percent. that is yet another example of this disappointing attitude their freedom and justice party has displayed with regards to deepening democratic consolidation and building a which is whatacy many people in the uprising hoped for. despite some -- what was your to finger there? i want to say a little bit more about why the brotherhood and morsi and the freedom and justice party are resisting this consensus politics. it is an important point. be sure some people making the argument that it is because they are islamist and they are bent on sticking to the plan and there is no compromising with them because they are islamists. i see it differently. i think the brotherhood is behaving very much in the way that an opposition group phot many yearsght without having a chance to come to power and behaves when it comes to power. in other words, they feel, ok, it is ou
--s was a bout electing about electing a constitution. one would think something as important as that would have required much more broad-based support than a measly 60 something percent. that is yet another example of this disappointing attitude their freedom and justice party has displayed with regards to deepening democratic consolidation and building a which is whatacy many people in the uprising hoped for. despite some -- what was your to finger there? i want to say a little bit more about...
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last two elections because they're the ones who found the fraud. i say that as a former international observer. we did not find it, the afghans on it. it's crucial those organizations stay independent. one of the things we have to do is support afghans in parliament and elsewhere who want to have a say for those commissions. a temptation to stack them with people who support them. i don't want to suggest his motives are unfortunate, but afghanistan's constitutional which is partly are doing put too much power in hands of the president and general. the mayors of every town in that country, it's unbelievable. with all due respect to the american to do great work in afghanistan in great -- a decade ago, we botched it, and that's one of the things that have to figure out how to amend it. a short-term consequence is these commissions need to be populated by people who are seen as representing all of afghanistan and not one particular interest. not just in voting but the campaign to see the media cover all the different candidates and all the allegations
last two elections because they're the ones who found the fraud. i say that as a former international observer. we did not find it, the afghans on it. it's crucial those organizations stay independent. one of the things we have to do is support afghans in parliament and elsewhere who want to have a say for those commissions. a temptation to stack them with people who support them. i don't want to suggest his motives are unfortunate, but afghanistan's constitutional which is partly are doing put...
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you have one hypothesis is that the election returns. that is a cliche. they will be comforted by the fact that they're not getting too far ahead the american people. then you have the alternative which is being strongly argued by the other side. this is just a moment not to get involved. there is no way you can tell what will affect which the justice which way. waderms of the roe v specter out there and the creation of continued war, this is backed up empirically. these issues are fundamentally different in that because unlike abortion, there is no victim they believe is being murdered. people very easily accommodate themselves to allow everybody to have the same opportunity to enjoy the benefits of married. you see this in state after state. people just calm down after a couple of years. if the supreme court were to say everybody has a right to marriage equality there will be some hub of about that. i do not think it'll be remotely comparable to the roe v wade situation. >> paul may be right that the aftermath of a role like ruling will be very differen
you have one hypothesis is that the election returns. that is a cliche. they will be comforted by the fact that they're not getting too far ahead the american people. then you have the alternative which is being strongly argued by the other side. this is just a moment not to get involved. there is no way you can tell what will affect which the justice which way. waderms of the roe v specter out there and the creation of continued war, this is backed up empirically. these issues are...
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house of parliament and the presidential election with the two-staged election, an initial election with five >> i can get into that in the q&a. it is kabul kite it while we didn't do that. -- it is confiscated why we didn't do that. before actually depict the electoral resorts graphically, and you can see where the bases have some useful to understanding of where the electorate is located within egypt. for those of you who visited the country, or perhaps hail from there, you know that most egyptians lived very close to the banks of the nile. huge expanses of territory that are mostly desert area. those are big expanses of territory, very little of the electorate. these areas that are seated in turquoise and orange, they .ontain 97% of the electorate those are the areas you want to focus on. in particular, the governance that are labeled as upper egypt , they have 20% of the vote. and giza,hat is cairo a big metropolitan area, the is a little over 20% of the vote. at some of you may not the delta, which is where the nile spans out, there is the biggest second city. a lot of smaller
house of parliament and the presidential election with the two-staged election, an initial election with five >> i can get into that in the q&a. it is kabul kite it while we didn't do that. -- it is confiscated why we didn't do that. before actually depict the electoral resorts graphically, and you can see where the bases have some useful to understanding of where the electorate is located within egypt. for those of you who visited the country, or perhaps hail from there, you know...